#186 - Dead Rich (Soho, London, England)
On Tuesday 15th April 1913, at the bachelor flat of 26-year-old aviator Jack hall - having promised to marry both of of his lovers - Jack would be found dead in his bed having been shot in the chest, ...
22 Sep 20221h 5min
#185 - Driven to Obsession (Streatham, London, UK)
On Saturday 5th December 1992, 33-year-old travel agent Gillian Bennett entered Marn Garage at 370 Uxbridge Road, W12. With her life and career going well, she purchased a nearly-new bright-red K-reg ...
15 Sep 20221h 10min
#184 - A Woman's Sin (Marylebone, London, UK)
Friday 31st July 1863. Wealthy merchant Frederick Chappell owned a small flat in a townhouse on the Marylebone Road. On the second floor, he secretly ensconced 24-year-old Emily Mitchell. Once his mai...
8 Sep 20221h 5min
#183 - Captain J A Ritchie and the End of the War (Soho, London, Britain)
At a little after 11:30pm on Friday 14th September 1945, Captain John Ritchie of the Canadian Army was attacked on Bourchier Street by two British soldiers clutching half a brick. But why? This is a c...
1 Sep 20221h 7min
#182 - The Quiet American (The Strand, London, Britain)
In the summer of 1958, the occupant of Room 622 in the Strand Palace Hotel was Bernard Smith; a kind and decent man who was quiet and respectable. Running a successful furniture business in New York, ...
25 Aug 20221h 5min
#181 - Sweet Dreams (Green Park, London, British)
In the early hours of Saturday 25th July 2009 at roughly 4am, two such strangers would meet by chance right here. One was Nadim Gulamhuseinwala and the other was Thomas Connor; two men from very diffe...
18 Aug 20221h 3min
#180 - Lena: Alone and Unloved (Paddington, W9, British)
On Wednesday 22nd July 1942, the body of a woman was pulled from the water right here. She had been missing for more than a week, but no-one had reported her missing. We know her only as Lena Cunningh...
11 Aug 20221h 14min
#179 - Minnie (Maida Vale/Hill, London, Britain)
In a small basement front room of 3 Rundell Road in Maida Hill once lived a little family; 26-year-old chambermaid Minnie Barry, her fiancé 24-year-old porter Frederick Sorensen and their 3 year old s...
4 Aug 20221h 3min
